1959 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1959 between Geelong and Melbourne during round six of the 1959 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Neil Trezise captained the hosts. John Beckwith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Reg Hickey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (11.10.76) were defeated by Melbourne (19.15.129).

Match Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 May 1959
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,736

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.10.76 - 19.15.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 6 10 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Melbourne 6 . 4 9 . 7 14 . 13 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 7 MELB by 30 MELB by 53 MELB by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Neil Trezise
Coach: Reg Hickey

Melbourne

Captain: John Beckwith
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Nunn

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bartle, Bruce ? ? 3 ?
14 Borrack, Les ? ? 0 ?
32 Brown, Clive ? ? 0 ?
16 Cook, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Gazzard, Bob ? ? 0 ?
25 Harrison, Stan ? ? 0 ?
10 Haygarth, John ? ? 1 ?
36 Helmer, John ? ? 1 ?
12 Hovey, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Long, Doug ? ? 1 ?
33 McGrath, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Nicholls, Eric ? ? 0 ?
20 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Neill, John ? ? 1 ?
15 Rice, Colin ? ? 0 ?
37 Smith, Ron ? ? 0 ?
31 Thomas, John ? ? 0 ?
28 Trezise, Neil (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Wooller, Fred ? ? 1 ?
40 Yeates, John ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Adams, Frank ? ? 1 ?
31 Barassi, Ron ? ? 2 ?
30 Beckwith, John (c) ? ? 0 ?
38 Brenchley, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Case, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
9 Dixon, Brian ? ? 1 ?
1 Fenton-Smith, Dick ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
8 Johnson, Tassie ? ? 0 ?
14 Johnson, Trevor ? ? 0 ?
27 Jones, Dennis ? ? 0 ?
35 Laidlaw, Clyde ? ? 1 ?
29 Mann, Hassa ? ? 5 ?
5 McLean, Ian ? ? 1 ?
11 Mithen, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
24 Ridley, Ian ? ? 1 ?
2 Rowarth, Alan ? ? 4 ?
23 Tunbridge, Geoff ? ? 2 ?
25 Williams, Don ? ? 0 ?
33 Wilson, Colin ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 19 15

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s